The Sounds of Sundazed

Sundazed and Modern Harmonic proudly present original albums, expanded editions, unique compilations and more on vinyl and CD! Our catalog is bulging with both classic AND overlooked blasts from the 60s & 70s: a universe filled with the sounds of garage, pop, soul, surf, psych, country, and much more!

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Donovan

Scottish troubadour Donovan Leitch "aka Donovan" may have started out as a Bob Dylan copyist, but in 1966 he turned the pop world on its head by breaking from the folk scene and taking the psychedelic plunge under the wing of producer Mickie Most. With Most, he crafted a string of magnificently trippy, brain-basting albums that drip with exotic sitar and fuzzed-out lines by session players like Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jeff Beck.But for every Top 40 smash ("Sunshine Superman," "Mellow Yellow") that the wispy Glaswegian racked up, each of his LPs also contains a host of deeper cuts, hypnotic underground head hits like "Season of the Witch" and "There Is a Mountain." For all his trademark fairytale whimsy, Donovan was no mere lightweight kiddie act.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT DONOVAN'S RADIO ATLANTIS!By 1966 Donovan had evolved beyond his initial folk troubadour style and fully embraced the budding "flower power" movement. Finding inspiration in jazz, blues, world music and West Coast U.S. rock, he partnered with top UK producer Mickie Most and arranger John Cameron to capture the sound he was pursuing in his mind. Their first collaboration, the "Sunshine Superman" single, was a smashing success, reaching #1 on the U.S. charts and establishing...

CLICK HERE TO VISIT DONOVAN'S RADIO ATLANTIS!MONO EDITION!With 1968's The Hurdy Gurdy Man, Donovan delivered one of his most fully-realized works, with a psychedelic/progressive edge as well as an exotic Eastern flavor that reflects the influence of his then-recent trip with the Beatles to India to study with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-an experience that helped to inspire Donovan to renounce drug use and encourage his fans to try meditation instead of chemical consumption. While the title track...

CLICK HERE TO VISIT DONOVAN'S RADIO ATLANTIS!MONO EDITION!Donovan's 1967 release Wear Your Love Like Heaven is one of his brightest and most upbeat albums. Also released as the first half of the landmark two-CD box set A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, it finds Donovan in mostly electric mode, and taking an increasingly active production role that he would maintain for the rest of his career. In addition to the dreamy title hit, the enchanting set features such beloved Donovan standards as...

CLICK HERE TO VISIT DONOVANﾒS RADIO ATLANTIS!In addition to being one of Donovan's edgiest and most ambitious releases, 1968's Barabajagal was the most commercially successful album of his career, reaching #4 in the U.S. and remaining on the Billboard album chart for more than a year. With instrumental backup by the Jeff Beck Group (including Rod Stewart and Ron Wood) on several tracks, as well as an all-star cast that includes Madeline Bell, Aynsley Dunbar, Lesley Duncan, Nicky Hopkins, John...